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THE TO~'~~1V OF HILLSBOROUGH AND FROM ANY RAW V~TATER SUPPLY WITHIN ORANGE COUNTY USED BY THE ORANGE-ALANiANCE WATER SYSTEM, INC. AND THE TOWN OF HILLSBOROUGH Pursuant to the provisions of the ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WATER DURING A ~~VATER SHORTAGE, RESTRICTING THE USE OF WATER AND WATER Vt~TTHDRAWALS, AND ALLOCATING AUGMENTED STRE.4IVIFLO~V FRONT RESERVOIRS, I, Barry Jacobs., Chair of the Board of County Commissioners, having been provided with information that the water level of Lake Orange is more than two feet below full, do hereby issue this PUBLIC PROCLAMATION declaring to all persons that a stage II water shortage ALERT is now in effect applicable to users of water from the public water system supplied by the Orange Alamance Water System, Inc. and Town of Hillsborough and from any raw water supply within Orange County used by the Orange-Alamance Water System, Inc. and the Town of Hillsborough. The following voluntary water conservation measures are now applicable: 1. Use shower for bathing rather than bathtub and limit shower to no more than four (4) minutes. 2. Limit flushing of toilets by multiple usage. 3. Do not leave faucets running while shaving or rinsing dishes. 4. Limit use of clothes washers and dishwashers and when used, operate fully loaded. 5. Limit lawn watering to that which is necessary for plants to sun, ive. 6. ~~'ater shrubbery the minimum required, reusing household water when possible. 7. Limit car washing to the minimum. 8. Do not wash down outside areas such as sidewalks, patios, etc. 9. Install water flow restrictive devices in shower heads. 10. Use disposable and biodegradable dishes. 11. Install water saving devices such as bricks, plastic bottles or commercial units in toilet tanks. 12. Limit hours of operation ofwater-coaled air conditioners. This proclamation, and the voluntary conservation restrictions imposed pursuant to it, shall be in effect until the Ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WATER DITRING A WATER SHORTAGE, RESTRICTING THE USE OF ~~VATER WITHDRAWALS, AND ALLOCATING AUGMENTED STREAMFLOW FROM RESERVOIRS" is amended or repealed or until the Chair by Public Proclamation, declares that the Stage II Water Shortage ALERT is over. By order of Barry Jacobs, Chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, issued this 1 lth day of Tune, 2002. 3. COUNTY OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET MATTERS a. Manager's Overview of Major Budget, Policy, and Operational Issues Proposed for Review at this Work Session John Link said that his suggestion is that the County Commissioners take into account the environment that we are in as we go through this budget deliberation process. He said that we can address our budget challenges for this year through an appropriate tax increase, through a solid fund balance, through cutting certain programs, or through delaying and deferring certain capital projects. He said that it is possible that the additional 'l cent sales tax could be implemented as soon as August 15t. He said that the County Commissioners must establish the tax rates for the County, the school district, and the fire districts; the per pupil amount for current expense; the recurring capital amount for schools; and accept the County fee schedule including solid waste. There are same recommendations of postponing some capital projects. But the ones that are postponed this year have to be dealt with in the future. He said that the $3.1 million savings proposed at the work session in May presumes a suspension of the policy that a certain amount of capital funds that go to the schools be withheld for the coming year. Commissioner Gordon said that her recollection of the November 2001 voter-approved bonds and alternative financing plan was that the County Commissioners did not confirm the plan in April. Her recollection is that we confirmed that we would not have any bond sales until January 2003. Chair Jacobs said that one point that is very germane to this discussion is that we have already laid out aseven-cent tax increase over the next five to seven years for bands. He said that we do not want to